British Open 2016: Field Odds, Favorites and Tournament Preview

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Published: July 11, 2016

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The oldest major in golf makes its way back into the spotlight this Thursday as the 2016 British Open gets underway at Royal Troon Golf Club in Ayrshire, Scotland, with some of the biggest names of the game in attendance.

This will be the ninth time the Ayrshire venue has hosted the tournament, and Zach Johnson is making his way back across the pond with long odds to retain his British crown.

Heading into the competition, Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth and world No.1 Jason Day are joint favourites to claim the Claret Jug, with the former of that trio the only one to have lifted it in the past (2014).

Royal Troon is a potentially treacherous par-71 links course, with a front nine running along the sea, holes played into tough coastal winds and a 17th hole (known as the Postage Stamp) that Graeme McDowell has said is going to cause "carnage," per BBC Scotland's Tom English.

Read on for a breakdown of the pre-tournament odds, complete with a preview of the top-billed favourites making their way to Scotland this week.



Visit Odds Shark for a breakdown of the odds list in full.

 

Rory McIlroy

Victory at the Irish Open in May meant McIlroy finally ended his search for silverware in 2016, an he boasts a unique advantage over other favourites in this tournament, having already won the British Open two years ago.

The elements are always among the most overbearing factors at The Open, and Telegraph golf writer James Corrigan recently said it could be a case of the wetter, the better as far as McIlroy is concerned:



Conditions didn't play havoc with McIlroy during his triumph in 2014, when it was only a fourth-round stumble that seeded doubt in his victory, as the man himself detailed to Sky Sports Golf:



Spieth and Day both travel to Ayrshire this week after tying for fourth place in last year's contes...
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